Upload file box off screen

I've recently had trouble with my macbook while uploading files. I click on the "upload file" button and the box that pops up that lets me choose a file is so large that the bottom is off the screen. This means that I can't click on "upload" or "cancel". The only way I know how to proceed is to click on a file and push the enter key. Does anyone know how to make that box smaller so that it fits completely on the screen?

HI,
Go to System Preferences/Displays. Check your resolution.
Also, try Facebook's Simple Loader.
Hard to see in this pic but under where you see "Cancel" click where you see:
"Try the Simple Uploader" ... much easier to use.
Carolyn
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•     SCAN: Files or the byte stream will be scanned, but the scan engine will not try to repair infections.
•     SCANREPAIR: Files will be scanned, the scan engine will try to repair infections, but nothing else will be done.
•     SCANREPAIRDELETE: Files will be scanned, the scan engine will try to repair infections, and irreparable files will be deleted.
Note: For the file stream (byte array) scanning, the only meaning full values are "SCAN" and "NOSCAN".
Using the SSE Scanning Java APIs
In any class where scan is required, call the scanning API provided in the AVClient object located in the av.jar. The AVClient object will establish connection to the Scan Engine server and has the following APIs:
Figure 2: The significant APIs for the communication with to the Scan Engine Server.
If scanning a file on the file system, in SCAN only mode, use the call that accepts filename only.
If scanning a file on the file system, with SCANREPAIR or SCANREPAIRDELETE, use the call that accepts input and output file names.
If scanning an in-memory file (byte array), use the call accepting byte array.
For example:
import com.av.*;
Initialize setup parameters:
static String avMode =
(System.getProperty("AV_SERVER_MODE") != null)
? (String) System.getProperty("AV_SERVER_MODE") : "NOSCAN";
static boolean scan = avMode.startsWith("SCAN");
static String avServer =
(String) System.getProperty("AV_SERVER_HOST");
static int avPort =
Integer.parseInt( (String) System.getProperty("AV_SERVER_PORT"));
Scan check example for an in-memory file byte array:
public void scanFile(byte[] fileBytes, String fileName)
throws IOException, Exception {
if (scan) {
AVClient avc = new AVClient(avServer, avPort, avMode);
if (avc.scanfile(fileName, fileBytes) == -1) {
throw new VirusException("WARNING: A virus was detected in
your attachment: " + fileName + "<br>Please scan
your system with the latest antivirus software with
updated virus definitions and try again.");
Note that if you are using this code inside of the MVC handler, you can throw a custom VirusException and check for it in the calling method and perform any necessary cleanup. I have included the class in the AV Jar as well.
For example:
catch (Exception ex) {
logger.error(ex);
if (ex instanceof VirusException) {
// do something here
else {
// there was some other error – handle it
For more details on the Scan Engine Client API, please see Symantec Scan Engine Software Developers Guide.
Continuation in part2

part 4:
c)     Clienttester.java – This is the gui app set to test if the configuration is working or not. This gui uses the method scanfile(inputfile, outputfile) as you can see the result in the outputpane of the jframe.
* clienttester.java
* Created on April 12, 2005, 2:37 PM
* @author george_maculley
package com.av;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class clienttester
implements ActionListener {
// private String ipaddress = "127.0.0.1";
private String ipaddress = "199.209.150.58";
//private String ipaddress = "192.168.0.55";
static JFrame frame;
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
TextField pathtofile = new TextField(System.getProperty("user.home"), 30);
// TextField pathtooutfile= new TextField(System.getProperty("user.home"),30);
private int port = 1344;
JButton filechooser = new JButton("Browse to file"); ;
private String originalfilename;
private String outputfilename;
JButton scanbutton = new JButton("Scan");
TextArea outputarea = new TextArea(20, 40);
TextField iptext = new TextField("127.0.0.1", 16);
TextField porttext = new TextField("1344", 5);
AVClient mine;
JRadioButton choosescan = new JRadioButton("SCAN");
// JRadioButton choosedelete= new JRadioButton("SCANREPAIRDELETE");
/** Creates a new instance of gui */
public clienttester() {
public clienttester(java.lang.String ip, java.lang.String infile, java.lang.String outfile, int port) {
this.ipaddress = ip;
this.port = port;
this.originalfilename = infile;
this.outputfilename = outfile;
boolean setValues(java.lang.String ip, java.lang.String infile, java.lang.String outfile, int port) {
this.ipaddress = ip;
this.port = port;
this.originalfilename = infile;
this.outputfilename = outfile;
return (true);
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent actionEvent) {
JComponent c = (JComponent) actionEvent.getSource();
if (c == filechooser) {
int retval = chooser.showDialog(frame, null);
if (retval == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
File theFile = chooser.getSelectedFile();
if (theFile != null) {
pathtofile.setText(theFile.getPath());
// pathtooutfile.setText(theFile.getPath());
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "You chose this file: " + theFile.getPath());
if (c == scanbutton) {
//return object that can be passed to AVClient
String policy;
int thisport;
int scanresult;
String thisip;
String inputfile;
String outputfile;
outputarea.append("Server: " + iptext.getText() + "\r\n");
if (choosescan.isSelected()) {
policy = "SCAN";
else {
policy = "SCANREPAIRDELETE";
thisport = new Integer(porttext.getText()).intValue();
thisip = iptext.getText();
//mine= new AVClient(iptext.getText(),porttext.getText(),policy);
mine = new AVClient(iptext.getText(), thisport, policy);
if (mine.test() == 1) {
outputarea.append("Sorry. Incorrect parameters specified.\r\n");
System.exit(1);
else {
outputarea.append("Connection to SAVSE initialized.\r\n");
inputfile = pathtofile.getText();
// outputfile=pathtooutfile.getText();
outputfile = "/tmp";
outputarea.append("Scanning file " + inputfile + " \r\n");
if (policy == "SCAN") {
scanresult = mine.scanfile(inputfile);
else {
scanresult = mine.scanfile(inputfile, outputfile);
if (scanresult == 0) {
outputarea.append("File is clean.\r\n");
else if (scanresult == -1) {
outputarea.append("File is infected. \r\n");
else {
outputarea.append("Scan error.\r\n");
void display() {
Frame f = new Frame("SAVSE JAVA ICAP Client");
f.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 2));
JPanel lpanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(7, 1));
JPanel ippanel = new JPanel();
JPanel portpanel = new JPanel();
JPanel rpanel = new JPanel();
JPanel outputpanel = new JPanel();
JPanel buttonpanel = new JPanel();
JPanel pathpanel = new JPanel();
// JPanel outpathpanel= new JPanel();
JPanel policypanel = new JPanel();
ButtonGroup policygroup = new ButtonGroup();
filechooser.addActionListener(this);
scanbutton.addActionListener(this);
choosescan.setSelected(true);
policygroup.add(choosescan);
// policygroup.add(choosedelete);
buttonpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Scan Policy"));
buttonpanel.add(choosescan);
// buttonpanel.add(choosedelete);
pathpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Path to File"));
pathpanel.add(pathtofile);
f.setSize(new Dimension(650, 400));
f.setBackground(Color.white);
f.setResizable(true);
ippanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("SAVSE IP Address"));
ippanel.add(iptext);
outputpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("OUTPUT"));
outputpanel.add(outputarea);
portpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("ICAP Port"));
portpanel.add(porttext);
// outpathpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Path to Repair File"));
// outpathpanel.add(pathtooutfile);
lpanel.add(ippanel);
rpanel.add(outputpanel);
lpanel.add(portpanel);
lpanel.add(buttonpanel);
lpanel.add(pathpanel);
// lpanel.add(outpathpanel);
lpanel.add(filechooser);
lpanel.add(scanbutton);
f.add(lpanel);
f.add(rpanel);
f.setVisible(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
clienttester g = new clienttester();
g.display();
d)     my2.java – This is the class file I wrote to test that I am able to send a file and scan it and see the output in the JDEVELOPER. In this case the file is stored on the filesystem of the client machine. JDEVELOPER should be able to see the file.
NOTE:
“EICAR.com” is the test file downloaded from Symantec site to test a non malicious virus file. I n order to be able to test it like this, the Antivirus program running on your machine should be disabled, or else Antivirus will kick in and delete the file. In the first place you will not be able to download the test virus file either with anti virus running on the machine you are downloading to.
package com.av;
import java.io.*;
public class my2 {
static int my_return = 0;
* @param fileBytes
* @param fileName
* @return
public static int scanfile(String fileName){
String avMode = "SCAN";
boolean scan = avMode.startsWith("SCAN");
String avServer = "xx";--avserver ip address
int avPort = 1344;
int the_return = 0;
if (scan) {
AVClient avc = new AVClient(avServer,avPort,avMode);
the_return = avc.scanfile(fileName);
if (the_return == -1) {
return (the_return);
} else
return (the_return);
//my_return = the_return;
return (the_return);
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
System.out.println("Hi there in Main");
byte[] b1 = new byte[4];
b1[1] = 68;
my_return = scanfile("c:\\eicar.com");
System.out.println(my_return);
e)     Then finally we have my1.JAVA, which takes the filename, and it’s contents in the bytes form and scans the file. The reason for this method is we are not storing the file on the filesystem, it is read into the memory and only if it is clean, it is put into the database or else notify the user.
package com.av;
import java.io.*;
public class my1 {
static int my_return = 0;
static int a_length = 0;
* @param fileBytes
* @param fileName
* @return
public static int scanfile(String fileName,byte[] fileBytes) throws IOException {
String avMode = "SCAN";
boolean scan = avMode.startsWith("SCAN");
String avServer = "xxx";--avserver’s ip address
int avPort = 1344;
int the_return = 0;
if (scan) {
AVClient avc = new AVClient(avServer,avPort,avMode);
// File file = new File(fileName) ;
//byte[] fBytes = getBytesFromFile(file);
the_return = avc.scanfile(fileName, fileBytes);
if (the_return == -1) {
return (the_return);
} else
{return (the_return);}
my_return = the_return;
return (the_return);
// Returns the contents of the file in a byte array.
* @param file
* @return
* @throws IOException
public static byte[] getBytesFromFile(File file) throws IOException {
InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
// Get the size of the file
long length = file.length();
// You cannot create an array using a long type.
// It needs to be an int type.
// Before converting to an int type, check
// to ensure that file is not larger than Integer.MAX_VALUE.
if (length > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
// File is too large
// Create the byte array to hold the data
byte[] bytes = new byte[(int)length];
// Read in the bytes
int offset = 0;
int numRead = 0;
while (offset < bytes.length
&& (numRead=is.read(bytes, offset, bytes.length-offset)) >= 0) {
offset += numRead;
// Ensure all the bytes have been read in
if (offset < bytes.length) {
throw new IOException("Could not completely read file "+file.getName());
// Close the input stream and return bytes
is.close();
return bytes;
// public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
//System.out.println("Hi there in Main");
// File file = new File() ;
// byte[] b1 = getBytesFromFile(file);
//System.out.println(b1);
// my_return = scanfile(,b1);
//System.out.println(my_return); }
Finally , you have the exceptions file,
e) package com.av;
public class VirusException
extends Exception {
public VirusException() {
super();
public VirusException(String text) {
super(text);
Once you have all these classes, you can use JDEVELOPER , to load these classes into the database: This is as follows:
Right click on the project, which has all these classes.
NEW -> deployment profiles -> load java and stored procedures.
When you are created deployment profile, you have to specify,
Loadjava options.
-f, -v (check the check boxes)
Under privileges:
-s – specify database schema these classes are loaded into
-s – create sysnonym check box
-g – grant to public or any specific users per your policy.
Under Resolver,
-r and –o (check the check boxes)
I accepted the default name storedproc1. Then you right click on the storedproc1.deploy, deploy to whichever database connection you created.
And then, In order to access this java class we need a pl/sql wrapper as follows:
create or replace package my1 is
function mycheck (pfilename in varchar2, psize in number)
return number;
end my1;
create or replace package body my1 is
     function mycheck (pfilename in varchar2, psize in number)
return number is
language java
     name 'com.av.my1.scanfile(java.lang.String, byte[]) return int';
     end my1;
And the code is invoked from sql plus as follows:
Select my1.mycheck(“filename”, “filebytes”) from dual;
One important catch in the above method is to send the filename and filecontents in bytes form. In order to send the file contents as filebytes, you will need another java class and load into the data base as described above.
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
* This program demonstrates how to read a file into a byte array. This method
* reads the entire contents of the file into a byte array.
* @version 1.0
* @author Jeffrey M. Hunter ([email protected])
* @author http://www.idevelopment.info
public class ReadFileIntoByteArray {
* method to convert a byte to a hex string.
* @param data the byte to convert
* @return String the converted byte
public static String byteToHex(byte data) {
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
buf.append(toHexChar((data >>> 4) & 0x0F));
buf.append(toHexChar(data & 0x0F));
return buf.toString();
* Convenience method to convert an int to a hex char.
* @param i the int to convert
* @return char the converted char
public static char toHexChar(int i) {
if ((0 <= i) && (i <= 9)) {
return (char) ('0' + i);
} else {
return (char) ('a' + (i - 10));
* Returns the contents of the file in a byte array
* @param file File this method should read
* @return byte[] Returns a byte[] array of the contents of the file
private static byte[] getBytesFromFile(File file) throws IOException {
InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
System.out.println("\nDEBUG: FileInputStream is " + file);
// Get the size of the file
long length = file.length();
System.out.println("DEBUG: Length of " + file + " is " + length + "\n");
* You cannot create an array using a long type. It needs to be an int
* type. Before converting to an int type, check to ensure that file is
* not loarger than Integer.MAX_VALUE;
if (length > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
System.out.println("File is too large to process");
return null;
// Create the byte array to hold the data
byte[] bytes = new byte[(int)length];
// Read in the bytes
int offset = 0;
int numRead = 0;
while ( (offset < bytes.length)
( (numRead=is.read(bytes, offset, bytes.length-offset)) >= 0) ) {
offset += numRead;
// Ensure all the bytes have been read in
if (offset < bytes.length) {
throw new IOException("Could not completely read file " + file.getName());
is.close();
return bytes;
* @param filename
public static byte[] chk_file(String filename) {
byte[] fileArray = null;
try {
fileArray = getBytesFromFile(new File( filename));
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
if (fileArray != null) {
for (int i=0; i<fileArray.length; i++) {
System.out.println(
"fileArray[" + i + "] = " +
((int)fileArray[i] < 9 ? " " : "") +
( ((int)fileArray[i] > 9 && (int)fileArray[i] <= 99) ? " " : "") +
fileArray[i] + " : " +
" HEX=(0x" + byteToHex(fileArray) + ") : " +
" charValue=(" + (char)fileArray[i] + ")");
return fileArray;
* Sole entry point to the class and application.
* @param args Array of String arguments.
public static void main(String[] args) {
byte[] fileArray = null;
try {
fileArray = getBytesFromFile(new File("c:\\eicar.com"));
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
if (fileArray != null) {
for (int i=0; i<fileArray.length; i++) {
System.out.println(
"fileArray[" + i + "] = " +
((int)fileArray[i] < 9 ? " " : "") +
( ((int)fileArray[i] > 9 && (int)fileArray[i] <= 99) ? " " : "") +
fileArray[i] + " : " +
" HEX=(0x" + byteToHex(fileArray[i]) + ") : " +
" charValue=(" + (char)fileArray[i] + ")");
Having main method helps you to run the file in JDEVELOPER or using JAVA.
DO not forget to load this class into the database.
And you create the pl/sql wrapper again as follows:
create or replace FUNCTION TOBY (pfilename in varchar2) RETURN VARCHAR2 iS
language java name
'ReadFileIntoByteArray.chk_file(java.lang.String) return byte[]';
And you call the function from sqlplus as follows:
Sql>Set serveroutput on size 20000;
Sql> call dbms_java.set_output(20000);
Sql> Select toby(“filename”) from dual; --
this file should be accessible, I mean you will not be able to send a file on your pc, from sql plus as sql/plus is running on your db server.
You will be able to see the output in sql plus:
If you are running it from the APEX:
When we use file browser widget from APEX, the file is stored in APEX_APPLICATION_FILES table. And we retrieve that into a variable and pass this variable to the function as follows:
DECLARE
scan_failed EXCEPTION;
x varchar2(400);
z number;
BEGIN
select filename into x from wwv_flow_files where name = :P1_FILE_NAME;
select my1.mycheck(x,toby(x)) into z from dual;
if z = 0 then
:P1_SUBJECT:= 'PASSED';
else
:P1_SUBJECT:= 'FAILED';
end if;
:P1_SCAN_RESULT := '** Scanning File **';
IF UPPER(:P1_SUBJECT) = 'PASSED' THEN
BEGIN
:P1_SCAN_FLAG := 'PASSED';
:P1_SCAN_RESULT := :P1_SCAN_RESULT || ' ** File passed scan **';
END;
ELSIF UPPER(:P1_SUBJECT) = 'FAILED' THEN
BEGIN
:P1_SCAN_FLAG := 'FAILED';
:P1_SCAN_RESULT := :P1_SCAN_RESULT || ' ** File failed scan **';
END;
ELSE
BEGIN
:P1_SCAN_FLAG := 'UNKNOWN';
:P1_SCAN_RESULT := :P1_SCAN_RESULT || ' ** Scan Is Not Conclussive **';
END;
END IF;
--IF :P1_SCAN_FLAG = 'FAILED'
-- THEN RAISE scan_failed;
--END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DELETE from APEX_APPLICATION_FILES WHERE name = :P1_FILE_NAME;
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20000, 'seb OTHERS error encountered - file upload not allowed. Possible virus detected !');
raise;
END;
ACKNOWLEDMENTS:
1) JOHN SCOTT – who suggested this ICAP API in one of the threads which is my initial starting point in this direction.
2) VLAD KOFMAN who wrote the article on WWW.DEVELOPER.com
3) Mr. KIRAN –One of the engineers from Metalink, who helped me at every step of getting this java programs and pl/sql wrappers working. But for him, I would have not completed my project.

Here's a fix for uploaded files that won't play.

Is this you? You've found a lot of files were uploaded, instead of matched. Some of those files might even be on albums where other tracks matched. Sure you want them ALL to match, but meantime, it would be nice if uploaded files would actually play! Sure, you can see their names, track durations, etc. but if you try to play them directly, nothing happens and if you try to play an album through, when it gets to an uploaded track, it stalls or skips past it. You've checked the file type and it's an AAC so you figure it can't be a file encoding incompatibility problem and besides, whatever the file type, Apple is red-flagging anything incompatible, tells you it's ineligible, right?
Guess Again - not all AAC files are produced with the same encoder and some of them, while they'll get past Apple's eligibile/ineligible screening process, probably shouldn't.
I routinely record vinyl using Audacity and at various times I've used different encoders (not that I knew it until now). As a result of checking which uploaded files play and which do not, I'm pretty confident of the following. While some AAC files created outside of iTunes might work, those encoded using Lavf52.36.0 will not. Neither will files encoded using Lavf52.64.2. There may be others.
So what's the fix? The same one recommended for getting files flagged by Apple as ineligible to pass muster. You need to make an AAC copy in iTunes and swap that for the uploaded files that won't play.
Here are the steps I use to get it done. You may be able to streamline the process though.
(1) Turn off wi-fi to prevent iTunes Match from attempting to match any new files until you're good and ready. If you don't to this, you may end up with files you've just created being flagged as duplicates.
(2) Select all files in an album that has some bad uploaded files. Select Advanced > Create AAC Version. (NOTE: I don't bother trying to separate uploaded from matched, just too much hassle.)
(3) Select one of the files, so you can File > Reveal In Finder. Generally this will get you to the album folder that includes both sets of tracks. The ones you just created will have a "1" in the file name.
(4) Create a folder on the desktop and move all the newly created files to it. Delete the "1" from the file names. Name the folder based on album title.
(5) In iTunes, delete the listings for the newly created files.
(6) Turn on wi-fi and wait for iCloud to reconnect. Watch the cloud icon - it'll tell you.
(7) Delete the album from iTunes (You're now getting rid of the copy that was originally uploaded, so be sure you've really got the new AAC files handy to replace them with). Note you will see an option to delete from iCloud too. Check it. You want these files GONE!
(8) Select Store > Update iTunes Match. If you do a search for the album from an iCloud enabled iOS device (I use Apple TV) after the update is completed, you shouldn't be able to find the album.
(9) Select File > Add To Library and go get the folder of tunes you created.
(10) Run Update iTunes Match again.
(11) Watch the iTunes progress bar. Once the matching process has checked to see if you've added anything to your library, you'll see fresh copies of your songs uploading.
(12) As another means of confirmation, once several of the songs have uploaded, do an iOS device search for the album. You should be able to get the album to appear before the upload is complete. You may have to back out of the search and back in to get it to work, but chances are when you first see the album, the song titles will all be grayed out. Once the update is complete, give it a minute and everything should become available to you.
(13) Pick a track that wouldn't play before and watch to see if the timer starts to move, followed by music! It is now time to do a little happy dance.
I know this is a far cry from figuring out what it takes to get songs that should match to actually do so, but that's a whole different ball of wax.

Thanks this was useful. I have been ripping my audiobooks and I was finding that they would get uploaded to iCloud in the process, which in itself was fine, but then iTunes would not let me change the media type to Audiobook, which is annoying as it effects how iTunes treats the media. Like showing you the skip back 10 seconds button.
The general outline here helped me work around the issue and change the media type before the media was re-uploaded to iCloud.
Sean

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